Oregon Statutes - Chapter 558 - Weather Modification

• 558.010   Definitions for ORS 558.010 to 558.140.
  As used in ORS 558.010 to 558.140: (1) “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture. (2) “Person” includes any public or private corporation. [1953 c.654...
• 558.020   Purpose of ORS 558.010 to 558.140.
  The purpose of ORS 558.010 to 558.140 is to promote the public health, safety and welfare by providing for the licensing, regulation and control of...
• 558.030   Artificial weather modification prohibited without license.
  No person, without securing a license from the State Department of Agriculture, shall cause or attempt to cause by artificial means condensation or precipitation of...
• 558.040   Application for license; fee.
  (1) Any person desiring to do any of the acts specified in ORS 558.030 shall file with the State Department of Agriculture an application for...
• 558.050   Proof of financial responsibility.
  (1) No license shall be issued to any person until the person has filed with the State Department of Agriculture proof of ability to respond...
• 558.052   Requirements for bonds used to meet financial responsibility.
  A bond used to comply with financial responsibility requirements under ORS 558.050 must meet all of the following requirements: (1) The bond must be in...
• 558.053   Judgment against principal on bond; action against surety; satisfaction.
  (1) If a judgment rendered against the principal on a bond described under ORS 558.052 is not settled within 60 days after it has become...
• 558.054   Deposit of cash or other security to meet financial responsibility; rules; use of deposit.
  (1) A person may satisfy the financial responsibility requirements of ORS 558.050 by depositing with the State Department of Agriculture the following: (a) Cash; (b)...
• 558.055   Hearing on application for license.
  Upon receipt of an application for a license, the State Department of Agriculture shall fix the time and place for a public hearing on the...
• 558.060   Issuance of license; conditions; licensee’s authority; use of materials other than described in license; renewal; fee.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall act within 30 days, but shall only issue the license upon finding that: (a) The applicant is qualified...
• 558.065   [1965 c.336 §2; repealed by 1967 c.225 §1 (558.066 enacted in lieu of 558.065)]
• 558.066   Governmental entities conducting weather modification at airport; exemption.
  The State of Oregon or its agencies, counties, cities, public corporations or political subdivisions thereof or any person engaged by any of them for the...
• 558.070   [1953 c.654 §6; repealed by 1975 c.420 §12]
• 558.080   Contents of hearing notice.
  The notice of hearing shall set forth all of the following: (1) The name and post-office address of the applicant. (2) The name and post-office...
• 558.090   Publication of notice of hearing.
  The applicant shall cause the notice of hearing to be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a...
• 558.100   Proof of publication.
  Proof of publication shall be filed by the applicant with the State Department of Agriculture at the time of the hearing. Proof of publication shall...
• 558.110   Records and reports of operations; public examination.
  (1) Each licensee shall keep and maintain a record of all operations conducted by the licensee pursuant to the license showing the method employed, the...
• 558.120   Emergency licenses.
  Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 558.010 to 558.140 to the contrary, the State Department of Agriculture may grant a license permitting a weather modification operation...
• 558.130   [1953 c.654 §12; repealed by 1975 c.420 §12]
• 558.135   Revocation, suspension, refusal to issue or renew license; procedure.
  (1) Where the State Department of Agriculture proposes to refuse to issue or renew a license, or proposes to revoke or suspend a license, opportunity...
• 558.140   Appropriation for administration and enforcement.
  All moneys received by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 558.010 to 558.140, in addition to any other appropriation of funds available for the...
• 558.200   Definition of “county court.”
  As used in ORS 558.200 to 558.440, “county court” includes board of county commissioners. [1969 c.698 §1]
• 558.203   Application of election laws.
  (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of commissioners. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors of a...
• 558.205   [1969 c.698 §35; 1975 c.647 §47; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 558.210   Incorporation for weather modification; limitations as to area.
  Any designated area within a county bordering the Columbia River and having a population of less than 21,000, according to the latest federal decennial census,...
• 558.215   [1969 c.698 §4; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.220   [1969 c.698 §17; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.225   [1969 c.698 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.230   [1969 c.698 §6a; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.235   Treatment of forestlands as benefited property.
  Forestlands within a forest protection district as defined in ORS chapter 477, shall not be considered benefited property and shall not be included in a...
• 558.240   [1969 c.698 §20; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.245   [1969 c.698 §7; 1971 c.727 §175; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 558.250   [1969 c.698 §8; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 558.255   [1969 c.698 §9; 1971 c.647 §125; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 558.260   [1969 c.698 §§10,11,12,16; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 558.265   [1969 c.698 §13; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.270   [1969 c.698 §14; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 558.275   [1969 c.698 §15; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.300   General powers of district.
  After the date of formation, a district shall make all contracts, hold and receive and dispose of real and personal property within and without its...
• 558.310   Limitation on right to own or operate equipment.
  No weather modification district shall own or operate airplanes, chemicals or other equipment or appliances for weather modification activities, but must when conducting weather modification...
• 558.315   Rules.
  Any weather modification district may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations concerning the use of the property of the district. [1969 c.698 §27]
• 558.320   Duty to carry liability insurance.
  A weather modification district shall obtain not later than the 60th day after the date of the election forming such district and before beginning any...
• 558.325   Cooperative agreements between districts.
  Weather modification districts organized under ORS 558.200 to 558.440 may enter into cooperative agreements with each other providing for the joint use or control of...
• 558.330   [1969 c.698 §40; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.340   Tax assessment, levy and collection; boundary change.
  (1) The district may assess, levy and collect taxes each year not to exceed one-fourth of one percent (0.0025) of the real market value of...
• 558.345   Disposal of taxes levied when organization declared invalid.
  When an attempt has been made to organize a district under the provisions of ORS 558.200 to 558.440 and subsequently by a judgment of a...
• 558.350   Employees’ retirement system.
  (1) A weather modification district organized under ORS 558.200 to 558.440 may establish an employees’ retirement system. The commissioners may enter into agreements necessary to...
• 558.355   Budget for retirement system.
  The district may budget and provide for payment into the fund of the retirement plan an amount sufficient: (1) To provide on an actuarial reserve...
• 558.360   Employee contribution.
  The district may collect, as a contribution from any employee, that percentage of the salary received by the employee which is necessary to fund on...
• 558.365   Limitation on membership.
  Nothing in ORS 558.200 to 558.440 authorizes the district to budget, provide for payments or collect contributions to fund retirement benefits for an individual who...
• 558.400   Board of commissioners; powers; qualifications and terms of commissioners.
  (1) The power and authority given to districts organized under ORS 558.200 to 558.440 except as therein otherwise provided is vested in and shall be...
• 558.405   [1969 c.698 §33; repealed by 1971 c.23 §12]
• 558.410   Board meetings; officers; quorum; employing assistance; employee benefits.
  (1) The commissioners shall hold meetings at such time and place within the district as they may determine upon. Such meetings must be open to...
• 558.415   Procedure to increase number of commissioners.
  (1) This section establishes the procedure that a district having fewer than five commissioners shall use to decide whether the number of commissioners should be...
• 558.420   [1969 c.698 §34; repealed by 1971 c.23 §12]
• 558.430   Deposit and withdrawal of moneys; annual reports; records.
  (1) All moneys of the district shall be deposited in one or more banks, to be designated by the commissioners; and shall be withdrawn or...
• 558.440   Special elections.
  The commissioners at any regular meeting of the board of commissioners may call a special election of the electors of the district. [1969 c.698 §30;...
• 558.445   [1969 c.698 §2; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 558.500   [1969 c.698 §37; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.510   [1969 c.698 §38; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.520   [1969 c.698 §39; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.550   [1969 c.698 §48; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.555   [1969 c.698 §49; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.560   [1969 c.698 §50; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.565   [1969 c.698 §51; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.570   [1969 c.698 §52; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.575   [1969 c.698 §53; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 558.580   [1969 c.698 §54; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.585   [1969 c.698 §55; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.600   [1969 c.698 §41; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.610   [1969 c.698 §42; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.620   [1969 c.698 §43; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.630   [1969 c.698 §44; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.650   [1969 c.698 §45; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.660   [1969 c.698 §46; repealed by 1971 c.727 §191]
• 558.670   [1969 c.698 §47; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 558.990   Penalties.
  Any person who violates any provision of ORS 558.010 to 558.140 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [1953 c.654 §14] _______________ CHAPTERS 559 AND 560...

Last modified: August 7, 2008